I’ve noticed they also will often only stock two variations on the same thing, one that is very very cheap and nasty and one that is very expensive. There is no mid-range choice. If you’re in a bind, you often end up having to fork out a lot of money for something that should be good value.
I do most of my shopping there, worst luck and I agree that their priceing policy is sneaky.(continualy going up and down day by day)
value mushrooms was £1.36/750g now £1.99/750g tesco scotish oats was 25p/500g now 65p/500g. danish salami was 58p now78p. Whole cucmber was 99p now £1.28.
This is just a small selection of the types of items that have their prices changed on a regular basis. you can see it starts to add up to alot of money.
As part of a personal healthy eating campain I started to buy tesco sunflower seeds 45p/300grams then after about 4 months they put the price up to £2.98/300g, the price yesterday had gone up to £3.11/300g and I am not joking.
I hate the fact that many times when I check the price for a large value pack of a particular item it works out more expensive than just buying lots of small packs of the same item. We were always told, buy the big one for good value but Tesco has turned this logic on its head.
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How can tesco who claim to be cutting their prices daily justify the price of a 500g bag of prunes rising from £1.88 just before christmas 2008 to a whopping £3.08 by early Feb 2009…….That’s CRIMINAL
Dont shop in tescos but i bought giga pack of pampers normally 43.99 down to 21.99 thats 160 nappies compared to dunnes special offer of mega pack reduced to 19.99 for 120 nappies. seems it does pay to shop around.
Yeah their price of heineken has risen from €1.79 in the summer to €1.89 before christmas now is €1.99. they can’t blame raise in taxation because they did this before the budget!
YES, Pork 1.29 upto 1.81. Sausages 1.29 up to 1.99.
Butter not sure if it was the cornish or devon though stopped buying both used to be .99 now 1.29. Even Bread has had massive increases useless you buy their own value bread which has no texture at all
John, stop feeding your cat wet food. Its terrible for them; switch to dry and your cat will be less flatulant (you won’t be amble to blame him anymore) and its cheaper in the long run.
Tesco have all types of tricks to get the most from your purse. McDonnell’s curry powder was 3.79 now 3.99 and anyone who shops there will know their special offers are rarely on the everyday staples but usually on things we don’t use everyday.
Tuesday 27 January, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Me too, I never shop in Tesco for ‘moral’ reasons, and despite the fact that they are the closest supermarket to me…
Tuesday 27 January, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I’ve noticed they also will often only stock two variations on the same thing, one that is very very cheap and nasty and one that is very expensive. There is no mid-range choice. If you’re in a bind, you often end up having to fork out a lot of money for something that should be good value.
Tuesday 27 January, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I do most of my shopping there, worst luck and I agree that their priceing policy is sneaky.(continualy going up and down day by day)
value mushrooms was £1.36/750g now £1.99/750g tesco scotish oats was 25p/500g now 65p/500g. danish salami was 58p now78p. Whole cucmber was 99p now £1.28.
This is just a small selection of the types of items that have their prices changed on a regular basis. you can see it starts to add up to alot of money.
As part of a personal healthy eating campain I started to buy tesco sunflower seeds 45p/300grams then after about 4 months they put the price up to £2.98/300g, the price yesterday had gone up to £3.11/300g and I am not joking.
I hate the fact that many times when I check the price for a large value pack of a particular item it works out more expensive than just buying lots of small packs of the same item. We were always told, buy the big one for good value but Tesco has turned this logic on its head.
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Thursday 29 January, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Their 6 pack range of dog food has also increased!
Tuesday 3 February, 2009 at 4:11 pm
How can tesco who claim to be cutting their prices daily justify the price of a 500g bag of prunes rising from £1.88 just before christmas 2008 to a whopping £3.08 by early Feb 2009…….That’s CRIMINAL
Monday 2 March, 2009 at 12:45 pm
I don’t know about individual prices but my weekly basket is definetely not in any way cheaper….That’s what matters at the end of the day, isn’t it?
Saturday 28 March, 2009 at 12:33 am
Dont shop in tescos but i bought giga pack of pampers normally 43.99 down to 21.99 thats 160 nappies compared to dunnes special offer of mega pack reduced to 19.99 for 120 nappies. seems it does pay to shop around.
Friday 3 April, 2009 at 9:56 am
Yeah their price of heineken has risen from €1.79 in the summer to €1.89 before christmas now is €1.99. they can’t blame raise in taxation because they did this before the budget!
Saturday 15 August, 2009 at 3:03 pm
YES, Pork 1.29 upto 1.81. Sausages 1.29 up to 1.99.
Butter not sure if it was the cornish or devon though stopped buying both used to be .99 now 1.29. Even Bread has had massive increases useless you buy their own value bread which has no texture at all
Tuesday 15 February, 2011 at 1:51 am
Felix catfood went from 5.29 to 6.49euro in one week.
Tuesday 15 February, 2011 at 10:19 am
John, stop feeding your cat wet food. Its terrible for them; switch to dry and your cat will be less flatulant (you won’t be amble to blame him anymore) and its cheaper in the long run.
Monday 4 March, 2013 at 3:01 pm
Tesco have all types of tricks to get the most from your purse. McDonnell’s curry powder was 3.79 now 3.99 and anyone who shops there will know their special offers are rarely on the everyday staples but usually on things we don’t use everyday.